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Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 23:14:27 -0500
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From: "Joel W. Crump" <joelcrump@gmail.com>
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On 2/21/25 9:18 PM, Joel wrote:
> PCI-e, obviously, made in China, Fenvi brand seemingly endorsed by
> Newegg, ordered from the same.  Debian utilized it with my home
> Internet on boot up, previous motherboard-integrated WiFi was still
> working but would get slow after a period of time, needing to shut
> down the system and turn back on to make it fast again.  The odd
> antenna that magnetized to the top of the case (where would Larry put
> it, if he bought this motherboard, not that he would of course, the
> weirdo) is now removed, and I wiped dust off of the case and a bit
> inside, while working.  Pretty happy.


Follow-up, to that, if I'd given Amazon a chance I wouldn't have bought 
this thing, they have a Gigabyte AORUS PCI-e that would really match my 
motherboard in a unique way, as it is a Gigabyte AORUS model itself, and 
the chipset for WiFi it contains is like this card by Intel.  Then 
again, the computer's under four years old, and I'm already replacing 
said Intel WiFi, so should I ASSume there's anything wrong with the 
Newegg-offered unit?  Linux is supporting it, that tells me it's safe, I 
say let's see if it's good enough.

-- 
JWC